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		elros 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I asked police to send me their public surveillanc... I thought the apple thing was understood to be a Latin pun between “malum” (evil) and “mālum” (apple). Isn’t it so?

taneq 10 months ago [–]

Ah yes, hence "maleficarum" being an alternate name for AppleTalk. :D

(Source: I made this up.)

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